WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.360 Take your Bibles over to Mark chapter 16 this morning. Mark chapter 16. 00:00:05.000 --> 00:00:09.439 As we're going to continue looking here at the close of the book of Mark. 00:00:10.080 --> 00:00:15.000 ! As we recorded for us the day that Jesus rose from the dead. 00:00:15.160 --> 00:00:19.160 And that was a day that definitely was filled with activity. 00:00:19.780 --> 00:00:20.900 There was much happening. 00:00:21.300 --> 00:00:24.460 Because Jesus did not just depart for glory. 00:00:25.140 --> 00:00:27.460 You know, He could have very easily just went to heaven. 00:00:27.460 --> 00:00:34.980 But you know, as He was here, He realized, He allowed us to understand and realize the importance of the fact 00:00:34.980 --> 00:00:39.700 that it's just not said He was alive, but that He is alive. 00:00:40.179 --> 00:00:47.960 You know, because it's important to know that Jesus wanted His disciples and those there to know for sure. 00:00:48.040 --> 00:00:51.980 They didn't want Him just to think, well the tomb was empty, therefore He must be alive. 00:00:52.439 --> 00:00:57.060 We're going to look today at the fact that He wanted them to know that He was alive. 00:00:57.460 --> 00:01:03.719 And to understand the importance of knowing that critical bit of information. 00:01:03.899 --> 00:01:04.980 That it's not an assumption. 00:01:05.200 --> 00:01:07.159 You know, today we get a lot of assumptions. 00:01:08.460 --> 00:01:09.980 You know, people assume things. 00:01:10.400 --> 00:01:12.879 And well, somebody said that was. 00:01:12.960 --> 00:01:14.760 But you know, there's something about a validation. 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:18.799 And I witnessed testimony that says, hey, this happened. 00:01:18.799 --> 00:01:20.859 This is a reality. 00:01:21.420 --> 00:01:24.140 This is exactly what took place. 00:01:24.359 --> 00:01:27.479 And you know, today many people question the resurrection. 00:01:27.879 --> 00:01:35.620 And we can't go to the tomb and see the cloth there that was laying and the napkin folded. 00:01:35.780 --> 00:01:39.819 We can't see those things with our own eyes. 00:01:39.819 --> 00:01:46.099 But we do have the testimony of many in Scripture that says, yes, I did see it. 00:01:46.599 --> 00:01:50.299 I do know that Jesus rose from the dead. 00:01:50.419 --> 00:01:56.379 As a matter of fact, the Scripture reveals that for the next 40 days, Jesus met with many people. 00:01:56.979 --> 00:02:01.679 The next 40 days after this, Jesus met with His disciples. 00:02:01.859 --> 00:02:03.239 He met with other individuals. 00:02:03.459 --> 00:02:07.819 As a matter of fact, the Scripture tells us that at one time there was 500 at once. 00:02:07.819 --> 00:02:11.939 And I'm just always thinking to myself whenever I read that, who could argue with that? 00:02:11.979 --> 00:02:15.719 If you get 500 people to agree on something, that's a big task. 00:02:17.099 --> 00:02:21.039 If you had 500 that says, yes, I saw Jesus alive, that's pretty good testimony. 00:02:22.019 --> 00:02:23.479 That's a powerful testimony. 00:02:23.719 --> 00:02:25.840 That's stronger than what one person says. 00:02:26.439 --> 00:02:27.759 But when they all understand. 00:02:27.900 --> 00:02:29.219 But the Bible wants us to know. 00:02:29.319 --> 00:02:34.740 God wants us to know that this first day of the week, He wanted people to know, 00:02:34.740 --> 00:02:40.020 not just to assume or just to question, but to know that He was alive. 00:02:40.580 --> 00:02:42.780 And He appeared to many. 00:02:42.900 --> 00:02:48.740 And we're going to look here this morning as we take some time here to look at the fact that He is alive. 00:02:49.500 --> 00:02:51.760 And so if you found Mark chapter 16 this morning, 00:02:52.160 --> 00:02:54.820 let's stand together in honor of the reading of the Word of God. 00:02:55.580 --> 00:02:58.200 We'll pick up in verse 9 here this morning. 00:02:58.199 --> 00:03:28.179 And it says, 00:03:28.199 --> 00:03:45.799 Let's pray. 00:03:45.800 --> 00:03:54.000 Heavenly Fathers, we take a few moments here to look at the importance and the critical nature of knowing that you're alive. 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:56.880 Lord, the reality of the resurrection. 00:03:57.360 --> 00:04:02.780 And look at these individuals here recorded in the Gospel of Mark for us. 00:04:02.840 --> 00:04:05.880 Lord, I pray that you would have your hand upon this message. 00:04:06.540 --> 00:04:07.800 Lord, your spirit would speak. 00:04:08.920 --> 00:04:10.939 Lord, I pray that you just would work in a mighty way. 00:04:10.939 --> 00:04:16.279 Lord, help me to have the thoughts and the things that would be pleasing and honoring to you. 00:04:16.579 --> 00:04:18.600 Lord, that would represent your Word. 00:04:19.360 --> 00:04:25.480 Lord, help us to just grab a hold of the truth and the reality of the resurrection here this morning. 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:28.839 And Lord, we just thank you and praise you in Jesus' name. 00:04:29.600 --> 00:04:29.980 Amen. 00:04:30.300 --> 00:04:30.779 May we be seated. 00:04:30.779 --> 00:04:34.859 You know, so as we look here, in order to understand the events around the resurrection, 00:04:36.339 --> 00:04:44.619 we need to summarize the Gospel accounts because each supplies some important details about the events of that day. 00:04:45.359 --> 00:04:53.500 You know, all four of the Gospels give a little different perspective and little different details of the event. 00:04:53.500 --> 00:04:59.500 You know, and that's another validation that we have that what they say is true because, you know, 00:04:59.699 --> 00:05:03.779 if everybody matched up every detail exactly, it would cause people to question. 00:05:04.620 --> 00:05:08.480 I question if I see things just are repeated and they're exactly the same. 00:05:09.079 --> 00:05:14.180 You know, if you were going to see an accident out here and the police got a report and everybody said the same thing, 00:05:14.220 --> 00:05:16.060 the police would be questioning what was happening. 00:05:16.879 --> 00:05:20.319 Because some people pick up on a different detail than somebody else. 00:05:20.319 --> 00:05:26.459 Somebody's privy to a different angle of something that happened that somebody else didn't know about. 00:05:26.680 --> 00:05:30.180 And when they get all that, that's how they compile that information to say, 00:05:30.279 --> 00:05:32.319 okay, now we can say what happened. 00:05:32.719 --> 00:05:35.399 Because we have all the angles, all the direction. 00:05:35.540 --> 00:05:42.699 The four Gospels give us those angles of direction upon the resurrection to help us know and to see. 00:05:42.699 --> 00:05:48.199 And so as we understand this morning that it began here very simply, 00:05:48.339 --> 00:05:50.000 all of them begin at the same place. 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:55.920 And that was in the early morning hours when the women traveled from Bethany towards Jerusalem. 00:05:56.660 --> 00:06:02.180 You know, and we find that was important and information to know that these ladies had taken off 00:06:02.180 --> 00:06:07.980 and they were going to, they brought the spices and the things that they were going to anoint the body of Jesus with. 00:06:09.639 --> 00:06:14.040 But at the time they were traveling and wondering who was going to open the tomb. 00:06:14.040 --> 00:06:21.540 And during that time we find that God was already working because as they traveled to the tomb, 00:06:22.420 --> 00:06:27.720 it was being opened by an angel, which caused the guards to panic and run, 00:06:28.400 --> 00:06:31.360 leaving the tomb unguarded and empty. 00:06:32.060 --> 00:06:34.720 You know, we find that two angels were given instructions, 00:06:35.080 --> 00:06:37.060 were there to give instructions to the women. 00:06:37.060 --> 00:06:40.839 And they said, go and tell others, especially Peter, that what? 00:06:41.259 --> 00:06:43.780 Jesus is alive. 00:06:44.740 --> 00:06:46.780 To let them know that he's alive. 00:06:48.019 --> 00:06:51.519 Peter and John race back towards the tomb and find it empty. 00:06:52.360 --> 00:06:59.720 And they just return back to the room where we're going to find that they were at the end of the day. 00:06:59.720 --> 00:07:02.780 But now Mary Magdalene also returned to the tomb. 00:07:04.120 --> 00:07:08.560 She went back to the tomb and John's gospel gives us the details. 00:07:09.000 --> 00:07:11.700 And Mark just summarizes the events. 00:07:11.900 --> 00:07:17.780 But I want you to understand that here's Mary Magdalene in a time of despair. 00:07:18.340 --> 00:07:20.640 He was revealed to the despairing. 00:07:20.740 --> 00:07:22.900 I mean, she's there weeping outside the tomb. 00:07:23.960 --> 00:07:24.700 She's there. 00:07:24.699 --> 00:07:27.939 Peter and John have left and went back. 00:07:28.019 --> 00:07:32.659 And here she is just outside the tomb, despairing of what had taken place. 00:07:33.360 --> 00:07:37.159 Standing there over and just contemplating what had happened, 00:07:37.339 --> 00:07:38.800 questioning the situation, 00:07:39.639 --> 00:07:43.519 desiring to find where they had taken Jesus' body, 00:07:43.620 --> 00:07:46.939 even though she had seen and heard the angel in the tomb earlier, 00:07:47.480 --> 00:07:50.759 it still was not real to her what had taken place. 00:07:51.879 --> 00:07:54.560 Because Jesus was the one that changed her life. 00:07:54.560 --> 00:07:55.280 So dramatically. 00:07:56.439 --> 00:07:57.399 I want you to understand, 00:07:57.519 --> 00:08:03.699 Mary Magdalene is one whose life changed dramatically because of Jesus. 00:08:03.939 --> 00:08:10.199 Notice here in our text of how it displays Mary Magdalene here. 00:08:10.300 --> 00:08:11.699 Notice here in verse 9, 00:08:12.120 --> 00:08:12.459 it says, 00:08:12.600 --> 00:08:14.319 He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, 00:08:14.399 --> 00:08:15.600 out of whom he had done what? 00:08:15.699 --> 00:08:17.920 Cast seven devils. 00:08:17.920 --> 00:08:19.980 You know, 00:08:19.980 --> 00:08:25.020 it's noted that her encounter with Jesus changed her life. 00:08:25.699 --> 00:08:25.960 You know, 00:08:26.000 --> 00:08:32.480 we understand that because of the seven devils that were in possession and possessing her, 00:08:32.600 --> 00:08:36.279 that she was probably involved in some things that she probably shouldn't have been. 00:08:37.000 --> 00:08:37.240 You know, 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:40.940 some occultic practices and things of that nature, 00:08:41.080 --> 00:08:44.840 that of witchcraft and sorceries or necromancy. 00:08:45.080 --> 00:08:46.799 And we see all these things. 00:08:46.960 --> 00:08:49.620 It's not about that dynamic, 00:08:49.620 --> 00:08:51.799 because I think she might have been religious. 00:08:51.799 --> 00:08:52.339 But you know what? 00:08:52.399 --> 00:08:52.679 Oftentimes, 00:08:52.859 --> 00:08:53.559 religious people, 00:08:53.639 --> 00:08:55.919 even if they dabble in things they shouldn't dabble in, 00:08:56.139 --> 00:08:58.500 and they get involved in things that they shouldn't, 00:08:58.859 --> 00:09:01.399 because we ought to avoid those things. 00:09:01.519 --> 00:09:02.919 But I want you to see here, 00:09:03.459 --> 00:09:05.719 that that was where she was. 00:09:06.120 --> 00:09:08.899 And we don't have the circumstances of what took place, 00:09:08.959 --> 00:09:12.459 but just a simple statement that Jesus cast out seven devils. 00:09:13.259 --> 00:09:14.559 Her life changed. 00:09:15.659 --> 00:09:16.979 She was set free. 00:09:16.980 --> 00:09:17.899 You know, 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:20.860 her encounter with Jesus changed her life. 00:09:20.960 --> 00:09:21.519 And afterwards, 00:09:21.879 --> 00:09:26.500 you find her serving and ministering to Jesus as they traveled. 00:09:26.920 --> 00:09:28.860 And her sins had been forgiven. 00:09:30.240 --> 00:09:31.800 And she had not forgotten. 00:09:33.960 --> 00:09:34.180 You know, 00:09:34.220 --> 00:09:36.139 look over to Luke chapter seven for a moment, 00:09:36.259 --> 00:09:42.639 because Jesus makes a statement about another one that anointed him. 00:09:42.779 --> 00:09:44.120 And we find here, 00:09:44.120 --> 00:09:47.399 notice what the scripture tells us here in Luke 7, 00:09:47.500 --> 00:09:48.419 47 says, 00:09:48.539 --> 00:09:48.840 wherefore, 00:09:48.879 --> 00:09:49.480 I say unto thee, 00:09:49.799 --> 00:09:50.440 her sins, 00:09:50.500 --> 00:09:53.000 which are many are forgiven for she loved much, 00:09:53.279 --> 00:09:54.720 but to whom little is forgiven, 00:09:54.840 --> 00:09:55.960 the same loveth little. 00:09:56.879 --> 00:09:57.100 You know, 00:09:57.120 --> 00:09:58.240 sometimes that's the fact. 00:09:58.299 --> 00:10:00.639 Sometimes we forget what Christ has done for us. 00:10:01.960 --> 00:10:02.139 You know, 00:10:02.159 --> 00:10:03.700 I want you to understand something. 00:10:03.840 --> 00:10:04.820 Isn't it that Jesus, 00:10:05.019 --> 00:10:07.639 when he saves the most vilest sinner, 00:10:07.779 --> 00:10:09.779 you can see that you can imagine, 00:10:09.779 --> 00:10:11.339 because yes, 00:10:11.399 --> 00:10:14.779 God can save the most vile sinner that walks the face of the earth. 00:10:15.799 --> 00:10:18.240 What he did is sufficient for the most vile, 00:10:18.559 --> 00:10:20.799 and it changes and transforms their life. 00:10:20.879 --> 00:10:21.679 I want you to understand, 00:10:21.980 --> 00:10:23.620 it took the same amount, 00:10:24.120 --> 00:10:30.399 the same reality as it does for a sixth grader sitting in Sunday school class that gets saved. 00:10:31.980 --> 00:10:33.600 The price was the same. 00:10:33.600 --> 00:10:35.399 The wages of sin is death. 00:10:37.100 --> 00:10:37.759 But you know, 00:10:37.800 --> 00:10:39.080 sometimes we look at little, 00:10:39.200 --> 00:10:39.560 and it's like, 00:10:39.639 --> 00:10:39.720 well, 00:10:40.040 --> 00:10:41.960 my life didn't change that much, 00:10:42.019 --> 00:10:44.980 and so it affects our attachment to Jesus. 00:10:45.120 --> 00:10:45.440 But you know, 00:10:45.500 --> 00:10:46.060 people have been, 00:10:46.440 --> 00:10:50.980 that Jesus has transformed from the struggles and the hindrance of life. 00:10:51.019 --> 00:10:52.240 You'll find that very true. 00:10:52.600 --> 00:10:52.980 Oftentimes, 00:10:53.320 --> 00:10:54.279 they're all in. 00:10:55.139 --> 00:10:57.240 They don't want to go back to where they were. 00:10:57.340 --> 00:10:57.639 They say, 00:10:57.720 --> 00:10:58.500 I'm with Jesus. 00:10:59.000 --> 00:11:00.480 And Mary was one of those, 00:11:00.480 --> 00:11:03.600 that she was sold out to the Lord. 00:11:05.360 --> 00:11:09.420 That's the reason I think it was such a despairing thing for her. 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:15.480 She'd invested everything towards Jesus. 00:11:15.960 --> 00:11:17.000 She had served Him. 00:11:18.180 --> 00:11:20.940 Her love for Jesus was seen in her actions. 00:11:21.860 --> 00:11:24.039 And we find her here at the tomb weeping. 00:11:24.039 --> 00:11:26.700 John chapter 20 tells us this, 00:11:26.759 --> 00:11:27.279 and it says, 00:11:27.279 --> 00:11:30.319 But Mary stood without the sepulcher weeping, 00:11:30.379 --> 00:11:31.220 and as she wept, 00:11:31.279 --> 00:11:33.199 she stooped down and looked into the sepulcher, 00:11:33.539 --> 00:11:35.039 and seeth two angels. 00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:36.740 And down in verse 13, 00:11:36.819 --> 00:11:37.600 And they say unto her, 00:11:37.679 --> 00:11:37.939 Woman, 00:11:38.059 --> 00:11:39.059 Why weepest thou? 00:11:39.079 --> 00:11:40.079 And she saith unto them, 00:11:40.360 --> 00:11:42.839 Because they have taken away my Lord, 00:11:42.879 --> 00:11:44.620 and I know not where they have laid Him. 00:11:45.100 --> 00:11:45.339 Now, 00:11:45.980 --> 00:11:46.179 you know, 00:11:46.199 --> 00:11:47.000 when you read the scripture, 00:11:47.159 --> 00:11:48.539 sometimes this gets confusing, 00:11:48.699 --> 00:11:50.399 because we say, 00:11:50.480 --> 00:11:50.579 well, 00:11:50.620 --> 00:11:52.319 she was already there, 00:11:52.339 --> 00:11:53.860 and the angel told her they were alive. 00:11:53.899 --> 00:11:54.720 You know what the problem is? 00:11:54.959 --> 00:11:56.240 Sometimes we hear something, 00:11:56.240 --> 00:11:57.180 but it doesn't connect. 00:11:57.440 --> 00:11:58.560 When we get in distress, 00:11:58.820 --> 00:11:59.460 you know what happens? 00:11:59.500 --> 00:12:00.480 We go back to default. 00:12:00.480 --> 00:12:03.100 We default back into the things of what, 00:12:03.460 --> 00:12:04.180 how we're thinking, 00:12:04.299 --> 00:12:05.379 and how we're processing, 00:12:05.539 --> 00:12:08.240 instead of looking at it in light of the scripture, 00:12:08.399 --> 00:12:09.620 of what God has promised. 00:12:10.120 --> 00:12:12.620 She went back to what she understood. 00:12:12.899 --> 00:12:15.820 She didn't grab a hold of the reality of the resurrection. 00:12:16.460 --> 00:12:18.299 The resurrection to her, 00:12:18.480 --> 00:12:20.139 I think is like many things today, 00:12:20.200 --> 00:12:22.940 it was a theological dynamic to talk about, 00:12:23.159 --> 00:12:25.379 but it was not a reality in her life. 00:12:25.379 --> 00:12:27.939 Even though she saw everything, 00:12:28.039 --> 00:12:28.860 it hadn't connected. 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:31.620 That connection wasn't there, 00:12:31.659 --> 00:12:32.860 and she was despairing, 00:12:32.960 --> 00:12:35.820 because even though she knew Jesus wasn't in the tomb, 00:12:35.899 --> 00:12:36.519 what's she saying? 00:12:36.799 --> 00:12:37.019 Hey, 00:12:37.120 --> 00:12:38.080 where did they lay Him? 00:12:38.080 --> 00:12:39.120 Where did they take Him? 00:12:39.779 --> 00:12:41.059 Even though the angel said, 00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:42.360 He's not here. 00:12:42.659 --> 00:12:43.360 He's been, 00:12:43.460 --> 00:12:44.080 He's alive. 00:12:44.259 --> 00:12:44.759 He's risen. 00:12:45.059 --> 00:12:45.200 You know, 00:12:45.220 --> 00:12:46.399 I want you to understand something, 00:12:46.480 --> 00:12:48.299 because sometimes even today as believers, 00:12:48.299 --> 00:12:50.320 we can be the same way about the things of God, 00:12:50.320 --> 00:12:52.680 because we can understand it intellectually. 00:12:53.379 --> 00:12:55.680 We can understand it theologically, 00:12:56.140 --> 00:12:59.680 but there's a difference to understanding it practically, 00:13:00.000 --> 00:13:01.720 to understand what does that mean? 00:13:03.160 --> 00:13:04.400 How does it apply? 00:13:04.800 --> 00:13:06.700 How does it impact my life? 00:13:08.260 --> 00:13:10.720 She was in such despair, 00:13:10.720 --> 00:13:14.060 where the Bible tells us that she didn't even recognize Jesus. 00:13:14.259 --> 00:13:15.160 John's account says, 00:13:15.279 --> 00:13:16.800 Jesus came up behind her, 00:13:17.300 --> 00:13:18.680 and asked her a question, 00:13:18.820 --> 00:13:19.060 you know, 00:13:19.080 --> 00:13:20.480 what's going on here? 00:13:20.720 --> 00:13:22.540 And she thought He was the gardener. 00:13:22.800 --> 00:13:23.820 But John says something, 00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:25.840 and I think this is one of those things, 00:13:26.040 --> 00:13:27.899 that all he said was Mary. 00:13:28.200 --> 00:13:30.519 I think it was probably in the same tone of voice, 00:13:30.519 --> 00:13:33.100 that he had mentioned her by name many times. 00:13:33.100 --> 00:13:35.220 Because you know what happened? 00:13:35.320 --> 00:13:36.399 Something clicked in her head. 00:13:36.639 --> 00:13:36.920 She goes, 00:13:36.980 --> 00:13:37.659 that's Jesus, 00:13:37.960 --> 00:13:39.420 standing right there with her. 00:13:39.639 --> 00:13:40.820 It connected with her. 00:13:41.220 --> 00:13:42.960 Jesus had been crucified, 00:13:44.320 --> 00:13:45.279 buried, 00:13:45.460 --> 00:13:46.159 and she saw, 00:13:46.300 --> 00:13:47.180 she witnessed it, 00:13:47.240 --> 00:13:49.460 and now Jesus is standing behind her. 00:13:51.200 --> 00:13:52.060 And she turns, 00:13:52.139 --> 00:13:53.159 the Bible says, 00:13:53.220 --> 00:13:53.560 and says, 00:13:53.659 --> 00:13:54.060 Master, 00:13:54.399 --> 00:13:56.220 the resurrection changed everything. 00:13:56.659 --> 00:13:56.840 You know, 00:13:56.860 --> 00:14:00.639 it's interesting that Mary was the first one to see the resurrected Savior. 00:14:00.639 --> 00:14:03.919 She was the first one. 00:14:04.980 --> 00:14:05.179 You know, 00:14:05.340 --> 00:14:07.539 Mark tells us that it was first. 00:14:08.740 --> 00:14:09.779 He tells us this, 00:14:09.819 --> 00:14:12.539 and when Jesus had risen early on the first day of the week, 00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:17.580 we find that He appeared first to Mary Magdalene. 00:14:18.980 --> 00:14:19.259 You know, 00:14:19.379 --> 00:14:21.919 I was asking myself a question on this, 00:14:21.980 --> 00:14:22.679 of just thinking through, 00:14:22.759 --> 00:14:24.379 why did He appear to Mary first? 00:14:25.759 --> 00:14:26.240 You know, 00:14:26.279 --> 00:14:28.240 sometimes in Scripture it's good to ask questions. 00:14:28.939 --> 00:14:29.720 You know what? 00:14:29.720 --> 00:14:31.879 Because I think she was the one wanting to draw nigh. 00:14:32.899 --> 00:14:35.100 She was the one that wanted to be close to her Savior. 00:14:35.680 --> 00:14:38.040 She was the one that went back and said, 00:14:38.120 --> 00:14:38.279 no, 00:14:38.360 --> 00:14:39.240 I want to know. 00:14:39.540 --> 00:14:44.180 She wanted to draw close once again to the one who had changed her life. 00:14:44.480 --> 00:14:45.920 He didn't appear to the disciples. 00:14:47.340 --> 00:14:47.560 You know, 00:14:47.779 --> 00:14:51.399 Jesus didn't appear to His own mother or His other half-siblings. 00:14:53.160 --> 00:14:56.220 Jesus first was to Mary Magdalene. 00:14:56.300 --> 00:14:56.519 Why? 00:14:56.519 --> 00:14:59.580 Because I believe she wanted to be close to God. 00:15:00.720 --> 00:15:03.100 Look over to Psalm 73 for a moment. 00:15:03.700 --> 00:15:05.480 Psalm 73 and verse 28. 00:15:06.000 --> 00:15:07.560 The Bible tells us this, 00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:08.899 and it makes it clear, 00:15:09.040 --> 00:15:11.519 but it is good for me to draw near to God. 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:14.740 I have put my trust in the Lord God, 00:15:14.840 --> 00:15:17.940 that I may declare all thy works. 00:15:17.940 --> 00:15:20.240 You know, 00:15:20.240 --> 00:15:22.040 I think it's good to draw close to God. 00:15:23.320 --> 00:15:24.960 In times of despair, 00:15:25.100 --> 00:15:27.320 we need to draw close to Him. 00:15:27.400 --> 00:15:28.960 He came to consult her, 00:15:29.840 --> 00:15:32.040 encourage her with love and grace. 00:15:33.500 --> 00:15:33.660 You know, 00:15:33.700 --> 00:15:34.460 I want you to see here, 00:15:34.540 --> 00:15:37.760 Jesus didn't get after Mary for still questioning the resurrection. 00:15:38.220 --> 00:15:38.460 Remember, 00:15:38.540 --> 00:15:38.800 she said, 00:15:38.860 --> 00:15:40.340 where have they laid Him? 00:15:40.340 --> 00:15:41.899 I need to see the body. 00:15:43.120 --> 00:15:44.460 And Jesus comes up behind her and says, 00:15:44.600 --> 00:15:44.980 Mary, 00:15:45.080 --> 00:15:46.019 and everything changed. 00:15:47.480 --> 00:15:49.480 She did get to see the body, 00:15:49.600 --> 00:15:50.780 just like she was suspecting. 00:15:51.019 --> 00:15:55.620 Because instead of a dead corpse laying someplace, 00:15:55.620 --> 00:16:00.679 it was a living and standing right there with her, 00:16:00.759 --> 00:16:01.060 Jesus. 00:16:02.740 --> 00:16:04.159 Jesus was right there. 00:16:04.440 --> 00:16:05.320 When you're in despair, 00:16:05.320 --> 00:16:07.779 we need to seek the Lord, 00:16:08.220 --> 00:16:10.560 never forgetting what God has done for us. 00:16:10.600 --> 00:16:11.139 He's there. 00:16:11.240 --> 00:16:11.960 He's alive. 00:16:12.539 --> 00:16:12.740 You know, 00:16:12.919 --> 00:16:15.659 but next we find in this account of Mark, 00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:18.440 we find the distraught walking home, 00:16:19.179 --> 00:16:20.279 not understanding. 00:16:20.480 --> 00:16:20.659 I mean, 00:16:20.720 --> 00:16:22.340 sometimes when things happen in life, 00:16:22.399 --> 00:16:23.240 we get distraught, 00:16:23.320 --> 00:16:25.600 and we're like rolling things over in their heads. 00:16:25.899 --> 00:16:27.120 And as you read this account, 00:16:27.720 --> 00:16:29.580 these individuals, 00:16:29.799 --> 00:16:37.399 I think I can see them walking and talking as they're going that seven mile plus journey back home from Jerusalem, 00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:39.639 and they're just replaying everything in their head. 00:16:40.560 --> 00:16:40.840 You know, 00:16:41.560 --> 00:16:42.720 what just happened? 00:16:44.360 --> 00:16:46.039 I think they were still in shock. 00:16:46.720 --> 00:16:49.820 They were still trying to process all that was going on. 00:16:49.899 --> 00:16:51.799 The two that were walking home. 00:16:51.860 --> 00:16:54.680 Look here at verse 12 with me in the scripture. 00:16:56.399 --> 00:16:57.019 It says, 00:16:57.019 --> 00:16:57.600 after that, 00:16:57.639 --> 00:17:01.539 he appeared to another form under two of them as they walked and went into the country. 00:17:03.539 --> 00:17:07.460 Here we find that these two were walking home. 00:17:07.900 --> 00:17:09.400 Mark just gives a quick summary, 00:17:09.400 --> 00:17:12.620 but Luke records from his eyewitness testimony. 00:17:12.620 --> 00:17:17.519 I want you to understand Luke's gospel is a little unique because it's like a gathering. 00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:23.500 It's like a big major news report because Luke gathered eyewitnesses and he's writing it to say, 00:17:23.500 --> 00:17:23.700 hey, 00:17:23.700 --> 00:17:32.299 this is what's most surely believed among us because of what we've heard and what we've seen and the witnesses that witnessed it. 00:17:32.299 --> 00:17:43.619 Luke is the one that revealed to us exactly a lot of details because he was like the investigative reporter that went out and interviewed people. 00:17:43.740 --> 00:17:44.019 He said, 00:17:44.099 --> 00:17:44.720 what happened? 00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:47.819 What took place? 00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:52.480 And he read God had him record that for us. 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:59.839 But we find here in Luke chapter 24 that we know that one of them was Cleopas and the other not mentioned. 00:17:59.980 --> 00:18:03.500 We're walking back to Emmaus about seven and a half mile walk. 00:18:03.900 --> 00:18:05.319 Here's the two that were there. 00:18:05.400 --> 00:18:09.380 They had plenty of time to discuss what had happened over the course of the past week. 00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:10.460 You know, 00:18:11.600 --> 00:18:12.380 think about it. 00:18:12.380 --> 00:18:14.640 You have a lot of time to talk on a seven mile walk. 00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:16.420 Because let me give you a clue. 00:18:16.519 --> 00:18:19.900 They weren't walking like this as they walked and talked. 00:18:20.240 --> 00:18:24.180 They were probably traveling with many others that were departing Jerusalem that day. 00:18:26.220 --> 00:18:29.880 Because it was the first day of the week had been after the Passover. 00:18:30.559 --> 00:18:32.100 Everybody had been in Jerusalem. 00:18:32.980 --> 00:18:34.339 They're heading back home. 00:18:35.539 --> 00:18:37.400 Many other people are probably departing. 00:18:37.460 --> 00:18:37.620 You say, 00:18:37.700 --> 00:18:37.759 well, 00:18:37.799 --> 00:18:38.700 why didn't they leave earlier? 00:18:38.759 --> 00:18:39.460 It was the Sabbath. 00:18:39.600 --> 00:18:40.160 They couldn't. 00:18:40.160 --> 00:18:41.759 They had to stay put on the Sabbath. 00:18:41.759 --> 00:18:45.319 Because if you lived outside of Sabbath day's journey, 00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:46.099 you'd get in trouble. 00:18:46.279 --> 00:18:48.059 So they hadn't left yet. 00:18:48.099 --> 00:18:50.019 So that morning on the first day of the week, 00:18:50.299 --> 00:18:51.680 here they take off. 00:18:53.259 --> 00:18:54.879 A little later in the morning, 00:18:55.000 --> 00:19:02.140 we find out because they knew the report that Jesus had risen from the dead. 00:19:02.940 --> 00:19:04.779 They got the verbal report. 00:19:04.779 --> 00:19:06.720 They understood what had happened. 00:19:08.099 --> 00:19:14.440 And as they were talking along the way and over the course of all the events of that past week, 00:19:15.700 --> 00:19:16.539 Luke 24, 00:19:16.639 --> 00:19:17.559 verse 14 says, 00:19:17.660 --> 00:19:21.440 and they talked together of all these things that which had happened. 00:19:22.599 --> 00:19:24.240 They were trying to process that. 00:19:24.279 --> 00:19:25.000 They were distraught. 00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:26.019 They didn't understand. 00:19:26.019 --> 00:19:27.539 When you read Luke 24, 00:19:28.139 --> 00:19:31.299 you find we had trusted that Jesus was the one. 00:19:32.740 --> 00:19:39.259 They'd invested their time and understood from the scripture that Jesus was supposed to be their Messiah, 00:19:39.740 --> 00:19:41.099 the one they looked for, 00:19:41.299 --> 00:19:43.339 and it didn't turn out the way they thought. 00:19:43.779 --> 00:19:43.940 You know, 00:19:43.960 --> 00:19:45.579 I think as they walked and they talked, 00:19:45.660 --> 00:19:50.480 that's the reason they didn't think anything special about the one that began to walk with them. 00:19:50.480 --> 00:19:52.620 You know, 00:19:52.640 --> 00:19:58.559 I imagine many people were passing by and they're probably passing other people and one comes up beside them. 00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:03.940 And he asked them, 00:20:04.099 --> 00:20:05.319 what's going on? 00:20:05.539 --> 00:20:05.700 You know, 00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:06.819 when you read Luke 24, 00:20:06.980 --> 00:20:09.099 I'll just give you a little summation here. 00:20:09.180 --> 00:20:09.360 You know, 00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:11.440 it's kind of like I imagine them looking at Jesus, 00:20:11.880 --> 00:20:12.279 you know, 00:20:12.380 --> 00:20:13.920 as they're leaving Jerusalem, 00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:15.779 where are you been hiding under a rock? 00:20:17.640 --> 00:20:18.120 You know, 00:20:18.140 --> 00:20:18.759 because he asked them, 00:20:18.839 --> 00:20:18.900 well, 00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:19.539 what happened? 00:20:20.480 --> 00:20:23.700 So they start telling him all that took place. 00:20:24.980 --> 00:20:26.180 And kind of that idea of, 00:20:26.259 --> 00:20:26.380 you know, 00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:27.140 why didn't you know? 00:20:27.240 --> 00:20:27.360 You know, 00:20:27.360 --> 00:20:28.140 if you're in Jerusalem, 00:20:28.240 --> 00:20:29.039 how'd you not hear? 00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:31.880 Everybody's talking about it. 00:20:32.440 --> 00:20:36.140 Everything was centered around this event that took place. 00:20:36.220 --> 00:20:37.839 It was a big dynamic. 00:20:38.380 --> 00:20:38.599 You know, 00:20:38.620 --> 00:20:40.200 they talked about what had happened, 00:20:40.319 --> 00:20:42.579 about how Jesus had been crucified, 00:20:42.860 --> 00:20:43.860 how he was buried, 00:20:44.220 --> 00:20:46.660 and how the reports about the empty tomb, 00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:49.740 and some of the female followers of Jesus 00:20:49.740 --> 00:20:51.539 claimed they saw the empty tomb, 00:20:51.859 --> 00:20:54.160 and an angel had told them he was alive. 00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:57.240 While they walked with Jesus, 00:20:57.660 --> 00:21:01.980 began to reveal all that had been declared about Christ in the Scripture. 00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:02.960 You know, 00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:05.039 look over to Luke chapter 24 for a moment. 00:21:06.339 --> 00:21:06.579 You know, 00:21:06.640 --> 00:21:07.660 Luke chapter 24, 00:21:07.660 --> 00:21:11.040 we find here that Jesus does something to help them, 00:21:11.040 --> 00:21:13.700 to encourage them. 00:21:13.860 --> 00:21:15.100 They're distraught. 00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:16.420 They're like, 00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:17.440 I don't understand. 00:21:17.540 --> 00:21:19.100 And look what it says in verse 25. 00:21:20.380 --> 00:21:20.680 It says, 00:21:20.880 --> 00:21:21.300 and he said, 00:21:21.299 --> 00:21:23.619 and he said unto them, 00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:24.240 O fools, 00:21:24.379 --> 00:21:25.720 and slow of heart to believe 00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:27.579 all that the prophets have spoken. 00:21:27.899 --> 00:21:30.119 So they got the report Jesus was alive. 00:21:30.399 --> 00:21:31.460 They knew the information. 00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:32.879 Look at verse 26, 00:21:32.980 --> 00:21:33.480 and he says, 00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:35.799 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things 00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:37.740 to enter into his glory? 00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:38.319 In other words, 00:21:38.359 --> 00:21:38.639 he says, 00:21:38.700 --> 00:21:40.200 hadn't you read Isaiah 53? 00:21:40.379 --> 00:21:42.359 Haven't you read Psalm 16? 00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:44.139 Haven't you read the other passages 00:21:44.139 --> 00:21:46.079 in the prophets 00:21:46.079 --> 00:21:48.200 talking about what was going to take place? 00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:51.400 Notice what he says here in verse 27, 00:21:51.539 --> 00:21:54.140 and beginning at Moses and all the prophets, 00:21:54.680 --> 00:21:57.539 he expounded unto them in all the scriptures 00:21:57.539 --> 00:21:59.259 the things concerning himself. 00:21:59.580 --> 00:22:01.080 Now you talk about a Bible lesson. 00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:01.660 You know, 00:22:02.120 --> 00:22:04.299 no place in scripture tells us exactly 00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:05.880 what that conversation entailed 00:22:05.880 --> 00:22:06.660 other than he says, 00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:07.360 go read the back, 00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:08.400 go read the Old Testament. 00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:10.000 I've already told you everything. 00:22:10.360 --> 00:22:11.700 Consider that dynamic here. 00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:13.920 Jesus expounds to them 00:22:13.920 --> 00:22:16.740 everything from Moses, 00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:19.579 all and how he fulfilled 00:22:19.579 --> 00:22:22.559 everything in regard to the law. 00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:24.420 Now that's a class you ought to want to sit in. 00:22:24.539 --> 00:22:24.599 Amen? 00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:26.640 You know, 00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:28.319 there's no speculation. 00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:29.519 There's no question. 00:22:29.660 --> 00:22:31.380 You hear it directly from the one 00:22:31.380 --> 00:22:33.240 who's the author of it. 00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:35.859 The exact dynamic, 00:22:36.140 --> 00:22:38.019 and he tells them all the things 00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:39.120 concerning himself 00:22:39.120 --> 00:22:41.359 on this seven mile walk, 00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:43.400 and they invite him to stay 00:22:43.400 --> 00:22:44.799 as the day was gone. 00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:46.799 And it says, 00:22:47.180 --> 00:22:48.159 as they were eating, 00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:49.379 they began to recognize, 00:22:49.379 --> 00:22:51.079 they recognized Jesus 00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:53.319 and the one that he had been speaking with. 00:22:53.399 --> 00:22:54.940 The resurrected Savior 00:22:54.940 --> 00:22:56.799 changed everything. 00:22:57.799 --> 00:22:59.299 Because here we have two 00:22:59.299 --> 00:23:00.220 that were walking 00:23:00.220 --> 00:23:01.779 and they were distraught. 00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:03.440 They were disappointed 00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:04.579 in what was happening. 00:23:04.940 --> 00:23:06.480 There were all these dynamics 00:23:06.480 --> 00:23:08.419 and suddenly everything changed 00:23:08.419 --> 00:23:09.659 when they realized 00:23:09.660 --> 00:23:12.220 it was Jesus 00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:13.160 they were talking to. 00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:16.620 They went from being distraught 00:23:16.620 --> 00:23:17.620 to rejoicing 00:23:17.620 --> 00:23:18.940 in the fact it was true. 00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:21.040 They understand 00:23:21.040 --> 00:23:23.019 Jesus is risen indeed. 00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:26.420 Now the Bible tells us 00:23:26.420 --> 00:23:27.220 that they went back, 00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:28.000 notice what it says 00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:28.940 in verse 13. 00:23:29.220 --> 00:23:29.700 It says, 00:23:29.820 --> 00:23:30.860 and they went and told it 00:23:30.860 --> 00:23:31.500 to the residue, 00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:34.519 neither believed they them. 00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:34.920 Now, 00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:38.099 what happened here? 00:23:38.940 --> 00:23:39.359 Now, 00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:40.579 this tells you something 00:23:40.579 --> 00:23:42.039 that when Jesus gets a hold 00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:43.400 and changes something in your life, 00:23:43.960 --> 00:23:45.819 suddenly a lot of things change 00:23:45.819 --> 00:23:46.460 because remember 00:23:46.460 --> 00:23:47.839 it's supper time. 00:23:48.940 --> 00:23:50.539 It's getting late in the day. 00:23:50.639 --> 00:23:52.559 They just walked seven miles home. 00:23:52.819 --> 00:23:53.799 They're so excited 00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:55.180 they walked the seven miles 00:23:55.180 --> 00:23:56.319 back to Jerusalem 00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:58.019 to tell everybody, 00:23:58.160 --> 00:23:58.259 hey, 00:23:58.319 --> 00:24:00.160 we just saw Jesus. 00:24:00.579 --> 00:24:01.799 They went all the way back 00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:02.740 to give the report. 00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:02.819 report. 00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:04.640 Now, 00:24:04.839 --> 00:24:06.220 as I was thinking through that, 00:24:06.299 --> 00:24:06.579 I'm thinking, 00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:06.819 yeah, 00:24:06.859 --> 00:24:07.900 they were probably walking 00:24:07.900 --> 00:24:08.819 a little bit faster 00:24:08.819 --> 00:24:09.400 going back 00:24:09.400 --> 00:24:10.460 than they were going home 00:24:10.460 --> 00:24:11.339 because you know what? 00:24:11.359 --> 00:24:12.000 There's a difference 00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:13.140 between a walk 00:24:13.140 --> 00:24:15.920 when you're 00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:18.099 in despair, 00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:19.819 when you're distraught 00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:21.940 because you kind of walk 00:24:21.940 --> 00:24:23.019 in the mopey mode. 00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:25.000 But you know what? 00:24:25.019 --> 00:24:25.539 It's interesting. 00:24:25.640 --> 00:24:27.059 It says that they were rejoicing. 00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:27.900 I imagine that 00:24:27.900 --> 00:24:29.400 their pace picked up 00:24:29.400 --> 00:24:29.880 quite a bit 00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:30.640 on the way back 00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:33.020 because when people 00:24:33.020 --> 00:24:33.820 are rejoicing, 00:24:33.920 --> 00:24:34.880 their pace picks up. 00:24:36.600 --> 00:24:37.900 I imagine they wanted 00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:38.540 to get back 00:24:38.540 --> 00:24:38.820 and say, 00:24:38.940 --> 00:24:39.240 hey, 00:24:39.420 --> 00:24:40.580 listen to what happened 00:24:40.580 --> 00:24:41.120 to us. 00:24:41.420 --> 00:24:41.600 You know, 00:24:41.640 --> 00:24:43.220 anybody living on that day 00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:43.900 would have loved 00:24:43.900 --> 00:24:44.660 to see 00:24:44.660 --> 00:24:46.300 all these things 00:24:46.300 --> 00:24:47.759 that had taken place. 00:24:49.860 --> 00:24:50.340 You think about 00:24:50.340 --> 00:24:50.860 all the things 00:24:50.860 --> 00:24:51.740 that took place 00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:53.600 on the day 00:24:53.600 --> 00:24:54.900 that Jesus rose again. 00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:57.360 you have the angels 00:24:57.360 --> 00:25:00.519 rolling the stone away, 00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:01.259 opening it up 00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:02.380 for everybody to see. 00:25:02.620 --> 00:25:03.700 You have them telling them 00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:05.240 that Jesus is alive. 00:25:06.360 --> 00:25:07.900 They see an empty tomb. 00:25:08.580 --> 00:25:09.200 They see that 00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:10.660 there's a wrapping 00:25:10.660 --> 00:25:12.060 that they had wrapped him in 00:25:12.060 --> 00:25:13.040 and how it had 00:25:13.040 --> 00:25:14.480 just collapsed there 00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:15.200 and the napkin 00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:15.900 around his head 00:25:15.900 --> 00:25:16.700 that was folded 00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.759 and placed 00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:19.380 where his head was. 00:25:20.800 --> 00:25:21.060 You know, 00:25:21.320 --> 00:25:21.860 that day, 00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:22.700 they could go see 00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.780 all those things. 00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:25.319 They could see the stone 00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:26.740 that had rolled away. 00:25:27.180 --> 00:25:29.119 They saw the Savior 00:25:29.119 --> 00:25:30.559 walking and talking 00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:31.259 with them. 00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:31.899 But you know, 00:25:32.019 --> 00:25:32.799 the scripture here 00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:33.420 tells us something 00:25:33.420 --> 00:25:34.079 very important. 00:25:34.420 --> 00:25:35.059 Did you know 00:25:35.059 --> 00:25:35.839 that they needed 00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:37.039 none of those things 00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:38.339 to believe that Jesus 00:25:38.339 --> 00:25:39.200 was going to rise 00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:39.740 from the dead? 00:25:41.859 --> 00:25:42.059 You know, 00:25:42.079 --> 00:25:42.839 oftentimes we get 00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:43.779 caught up in saying, 00:25:43.899 --> 00:25:44.039 hey, 00:25:44.180 --> 00:25:45.480 I want to see it. 00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:46.379 I want to feel it. 00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:47.440 I want to touch it. 00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:49.259 I want to experience it. 00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:49.599 You know, 00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:50.139 have you ever thought 00:25:50.139 --> 00:25:50.720 that when they went 00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:51.799 to the tomb that morning 00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.559 on the third day, 00:25:52.639 --> 00:25:53.259 they should have been 00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:54.980 expecting it to be empty? 00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:56.000 Instead of going 00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:56.680 with gloom, 00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.180 they should have went 00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:58.299 with expectation 00:25:58.299 --> 00:26:01.299 to check it out. 00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:02.299 They should have gone 00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:03.980 not looking for a dead body 00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:05.119 but a living Lord. 00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.720 Why should they have gone 00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:07.759 there rejoicing 00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:09.099 and not weeping? 00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:09.500 Why? 00:26:09.619 --> 00:26:10.400 Because Jesus 00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:11.359 had already told them 00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:12.299 exactly what was 00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:12.839 going to happen. 00:26:13.879 --> 00:26:14.759 The problem was 00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:15.180 none of them 00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:15.759 believed Him. 00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:17.900 You know, 00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:18.700 three times 00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.900 on the way to Jerusalem, 00:26:19.900 --> 00:26:21.960 before He went 00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:22.759 to the cross, 00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:24.900 the Bible says 00:26:24.900 --> 00:26:25.660 that Jesus 00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:26.420 told them 00:26:26.420 --> 00:26:26.840 what was going 00:26:26.840 --> 00:26:27.620 to take place. 00:26:28.340 --> 00:26:28.940 He told them 00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:29.980 exactly what was 00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:30.620 going to happen 00:26:30.620 --> 00:26:33.259 when He rose 00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:33.960 from the dead. 00:26:34.040 --> 00:26:34.740 He was simply 00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:35.620 doing what He'd 00:26:35.620 --> 00:26:36.380 already told them 00:26:36.380 --> 00:26:37.340 He was going to do. 00:26:37.600 --> 00:26:38.580 Three times, 00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:38.940 you know, 00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:40.060 Mark chapter 9, 00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:41.040 we find one of those 00:26:41.040 --> 00:26:42.759 accounts and it says this, 00:26:42.820 --> 00:26:43.360 for He taught 00:26:43.360 --> 00:26:44.140 His disciples 00:26:44.140 --> 00:26:44.519 and said, 00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:45.359 and the Son of Man 00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:45.839 is delivered 00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:46.460 into the hands 00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:46.779 of men 00:26:46.779 --> 00:26:49.059 and they shall kill Him 00:26:49.059 --> 00:26:50.279 and after He is killed 00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:51.180 He shall do what? 00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:55.220 Rise the third day. 00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:56.579 That Sunday morning 00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:57.240 they should have went 00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:58.480 with expectation 00:26:58.480 --> 00:27:01.500 because Jesus 00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:02.639 had already told them. 00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:04.220 Jesus told them 00:27:04.220 --> 00:27:05.099 what was going to happen. 00:27:05.900 --> 00:27:06.539 It was there, 00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:07.099 you know, 00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:08.400 but I want you to understand 00:27:08.400 --> 00:27:09.500 many times people 00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:10.259 are seeking 00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:12.019 that experience 00:27:12.019 --> 00:27:13.779 before they respond 00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.399 to Jesus, 00:27:14.619 --> 00:27:15.480 but the fact is 00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:16.180 you just have to 00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:17.460 accept Him at His word. 00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:18.740 Jesus told us 00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.539 what was going to happen 00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:20.740 and that's what happened. 00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:21.579 Jesus says, 00:27:21.639 --> 00:27:22.579 whosoever shall call 00:27:22.579 --> 00:27:23.460 upon the name of the Lord 00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:24.259 shall be saved. 00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:24.819 You know what? 00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:26.460 It's a reality. 00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:29.440 Anybody that calls 00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:30.099 upon Him 00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:31.099 is saved. 00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:31.399 Why? 00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:32.660 Not because of 00:27:32.660 --> 00:27:33.700 what you experience 00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:34.160 physically 00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:34.920 because Jesus 00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:35.920 promised it 00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:38.099 and it transforms you. 00:27:38.619 --> 00:27:39.180 The Bible says 00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:40.480 that you were dead 00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:42.200 and now you're alive. 00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:45.840 there's a difference. 00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:47.140 What was it built in? 00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:48.200 The word of the Lord 00:27:48.200 --> 00:27:49.519 reveals the will 00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:50.460 of the Lord. 00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.500 God's word 00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:52.860 reveals His will 00:27:52.860 --> 00:27:53.940 and it reveals 00:27:53.940 --> 00:27:54.700 His promises. 00:27:54.880 --> 00:27:55.380 It reveals 00:27:55.380 --> 00:27:56.240 what He desires. 00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:57.140 It reveals 00:27:57.140 --> 00:27:58.440 what He's going to give to us. 00:27:58.720 --> 00:27:59.600 The problem isn't 00:27:59.600 --> 00:28:00.460 with His book 00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:01.299 and His promises 00:28:01.299 --> 00:28:02.019 and His will. 00:28:02.120 --> 00:28:03.200 The problem's with us. 00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:05.660 Are we going to believe it? 00:28:05.880 --> 00:28:06.680 Are you going to believe 00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:08.100 what the Scripture says? 00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:08.660 You know, 00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:10.039 Jesus next appears 00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:10.860 to what we'll call 00:28:10.859 --> 00:28:11.819 He revealed Himself 00:28:11.819 --> 00:28:12.500 to the difficult. 00:28:12.939 --> 00:28:13.179 You know, 00:28:13.939 --> 00:28:14.779 I don't know what other term 00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:15.819 to use for this crew. 00:28:17.179 --> 00:28:17.879 You might say 00:28:17.879 --> 00:28:19.299 this is the difficult crew. 00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:22.500 Look at verse 14. 00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:22.839 It says, 00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:23.839 afterwards He appeared 00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:24.599 unto the eleven 00:28:24.599 --> 00:28:25.819 as they sat at meat. 00:28:26.919 --> 00:28:27.079 You know, 00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:28.399 the ones who should have been 00:28:28.399 --> 00:28:29.500 first to believe 00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:32.419 had spent the day 00:28:32.419 --> 00:28:34.639 pretty much secluded 00:28:34.639 --> 00:28:37.279 because they were fearful 00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:38.519 of what might happen. 00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:41.400 the very ones 00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:42.519 who should have been out 00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.480 and telling everybody, 00:28:43.639 --> 00:28:43.720 hey, 00:28:43.819 --> 00:28:45.039 Jesus is alive 00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:46.579 are hiding in a room. 00:28:46.879 --> 00:28:47.319 They'd went, 00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:48.200 I want you to understand 00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:49.119 at this point, 00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:51.440 Peter and John 00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:52.200 had already went 00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:52.900 to the tomb, 00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:54.720 saw the empty tomb, 00:28:55.099 --> 00:28:55.879 but yet it still 00:28:55.879 --> 00:28:56.579 didn't connect 00:28:56.579 --> 00:28:57.920 what Jesus said 00:28:57.920 --> 00:28:59.299 and what Jesus did. 00:28:59.579 --> 00:29:00.460 They were still 00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:02.359 having problems. 00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:03.920 They were being difficult, 00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:04.559 you might say, 00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:05.279 and we're going to see 00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:07.359 how that was revealed 00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:08.000 in Jesus 00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:09.000 what He does here 00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:10.879 because Mark just kind of 00:29:10.879 --> 00:29:13.259 points to one portion of this. 00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:14.119 I want you to understand 00:29:14.119 --> 00:29:14.839 that Jesus, 00:29:15.379 --> 00:29:16.339 what didn't come in 00:29:16.339 --> 00:29:18.139 and just get after Him, 00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:19.799 Jesus was there lovingly 00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:21.720 and responding to them 00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:22.279 and then He goes, 00:29:22.399 --> 00:29:22.639 guys, 00:29:22.980 --> 00:29:24.559 I'm going to have to get after you 00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:25.420 because you should have been 00:29:25.420 --> 00:29:26.819 the first ones to believe. 00:29:26.819 --> 00:29:30.159 You walked with me 00:29:30.159 --> 00:29:31.259 and talked with me. 00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:32.359 You saw the miracles. 00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:33.939 I sent you out. 00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:36.480 You did miracles in my name. 00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:37.960 We see all these things, 00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:39.220 these validations 00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:41.059 that they had experienced. 00:29:42.419 --> 00:29:44.099 They saw the empty tomb. 00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:45.099 They had the report. 00:29:45.439 --> 00:29:46.619 They had Mary Magdalene 00:29:46.619 --> 00:29:47.700 that went back to them 00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:48.439 and said, 00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:48.839 hey, 00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:51.439 I just saw Jesus at the tomb. 00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:52.579 But look back up. 00:29:52.619 --> 00:29:53.359 When she went to them, 00:29:53.399 --> 00:29:54.119 what did they do? 00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:55.159 Verse 11, 00:29:55.160 --> 00:29:56.860 and when they heard 00:29:56.860 --> 00:29:57.920 that He was alive 00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:59.160 and had been seen of her, 00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:02.019 believed not. 00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:03.060 Believed not. 00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:05.080 They did not believe the report. 00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:06.540 Look at verse 13. 00:30:07.660 --> 00:30:08.900 When the two from Emmaus 00:30:08.900 --> 00:30:09.600 came back 00:30:09.600 --> 00:30:10.820 and they went and told it 00:30:10.820 --> 00:30:11.800 under the residue, 00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:14.200 neither believed they them. 00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:14.700 Now, 00:30:14.800 --> 00:30:15.840 I want you to understand 00:30:15.840 --> 00:30:16.720 something from Scripture 00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:17.240 a little bit 00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:17.759 because there is a 00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:18.540 scriptural principle 00:30:18.540 --> 00:30:19.279 applied here. 00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:21.980 The Bible says 00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:22.960 that at the mouth 00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:23.880 of one witness, 00:30:24.060 --> 00:30:24.440 you shouldn't, 00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:25.880 things aren't established. 00:30:27.620 --> 00:30:28.519 But at the mouth 00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:29.759 of two or three witnesses, 00:30:30.120 --> 00:30:31.380 do you establish a thing? 00:30:31.640 --> 00:30:32.279 I understand. 00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:33.380 You can give them a break 00:30:33.380 --> 00:30:34.460 for not believing Mary, 00:30:34.580 --> 00:30:36.259 but when the other two showed up 00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:37.980 and said they'd said 00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.660 the same thing, 00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:39.559 now what do you have? 00:30:39.580 --> 00:30:41.420 You have enough witnesses 00:30:41.420 --> 00:30:43.920 to say, 00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:44.080 hey, 00:30:44.140 --> 00:30:45.140 there's some validity 00:30:45.140 --> 00:30:48.559 to what's being said. 00:30:48.880 --> 00:30:50.259 God is validating 00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:52.519 those things to them 00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:53.960 and now Jesus, 00:30:54.420 --> 00:30:56.180 they're there in the room 00:30:56.180 --> 00:30:57.720 and Luke and John 00:30:57.720 --> 00:30:58.519 both record 00:30:58.519 --> 00:30:59.579 what took place. 00:31:00.879 --> 00:31:01.440 It says, 00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:01.900 afterwards, 00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:03.220 he appeared unto the eleven 00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:04.420 as they sat at meat. 00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:05.700 Here's Jesus 00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:08.059 later that evening. 00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:11.480 He appears in the room 00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:12.079 with them. 00:31:12.420 --> 00:31:12.559 You know, 00:31:12.579 --> 00:31:13.339 the Bible says 00:31:13.339 --> 00:31:15.539 the door was closed 00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:18.960 and Jesus shows up 00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:19.879 and he didn't come 00:31:19.879 --> 00:31:20.440 through the door. 00:31:20.819 --> 00:31:22.259 Jesus appears in the room. 00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:24.200 He begins to talk with them. 00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:25.839 They had heard the reports 00:31:25.839 --> 00:31:26.899 of his resurrection. 00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:28.980 You know, 00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:30.440 John 20 tells us 00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:32.039 that the disciples 00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:34.319 were there in that room 00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:35.460 because they were afraid 00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:36.220 of the Jews 00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:37.139 and, you know, 00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:39.019 Jesus just passes through 00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:41.039 or materializes 00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:42.119 in their presence 00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:45.539 and he reveals himself 00:31:45.539 --> 00:31:46.740 and John tells us 00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:48.500 that he looked at them 00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:48.799 and said, 00:31:48.879 --> 00:31:48.940 hey, 00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:50.079 you want some validation? 00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:51.259 Here's my hands. 00:31:51.579 --> 00:31:52.559 Here's my side. 00:31:52.859 --> 00:31:53.539 Look at my feet. 00:31:56.900 --> 00:31:58.379 Understand that I am he. 00:31:58.660 --> 00:31:59.920 It says that the disciples 00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:00.639 were glad 00:32:00.639 --> 00:32:01.779 when they saw the Lord. 00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:02.420 But you know, 00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:03.500 it's something here 00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:05.299 that when Jesus assures them 00:32:05.299 --> 00:32:06.139 that he's alive 00:32:06.139 --> 00:32:06.879 and that he is 00:32:06.879 --> 00:32:07.920 who he said he is, 00:32:08.119 --> 00:32:08.259 you know, 00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:09.099 he could have come in 00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:11.339 and just got right after him 00:32:11.339 --> 00:32:12.240 for their unbelief. 00:32:13.379 --> 00:32:14.099 But I want you to understand 00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:15.319 Jesus lovingly 00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:16.599 came alongside them 00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:18.039 because, you know, 00:32:18.059 --> 00:32:19.200 one part of correction 00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:19.779 is to know 00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:21.079 that the person correcting you 00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:24.900 has your best things at heart. 00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:27.640 Here Jesus said, 00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:28.119 hey guys, 00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:28.720 I love you. 00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:32.039 But now let me tell you something. 00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:35.180 Jesus gets after them. 00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:36.599 I want you to understand 00:32:36.599 --> 00:32:38.939 the term that Mark uses here 00:32:38.939 --> 00:32:40.179 is a strong term. 00:32:40.819 --> 00:32:41.659 Upbraided them 00:32:41.659 --> 00:32:43.219 with their unbelief 00:32:43.219 --> 00:32:43.919 and hardness 00:32:43.919 --> 00:32:45.399 of heart. 00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:46.159 They should have been 00:32:46.159 --> 00:32:47.359 the first to believe 00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:49.019 that Jesus was alive. 00:32:50.439 --> 00:32:50.679 You know, 00:32:50.719 --> 00:32:51.459 it would be critical 00:32:51.459 --> 00:32:52.119 that these men 00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:53.159 would understand 00:32:53.159 --> 00:32:54.259 the need to believe 00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:55.740 not only by sight, 00:32:56.079 --> 00:32:57.159 but by faith 00:32:57.159 --> 00:32:58.599 that Jesus is alive. 00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.740 The resurrection 00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:00.619 is a fact. 00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:02.319 It was eight days later, 00:33:02.319 --> 00:33:03.339 the Bible tells us 00:33:03.339 --> 00:33:04.259 that Jesus appeared 00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:04.980 again to them 00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:06.579 with Thomas present 00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:07.579 and considering 00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:08.939 what Jesus tells them. 00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:09.139 You know, 00:33:09.159 --> 00:33:10.519 look over to John chapter 20 00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:11.059 for a moment 00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:12.460 because I think 00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:13.299 this is important 00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:14.639 because remember Thomas, 00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:15.839 we get the doubting Thomas, 00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.240 you know, 00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:18.159 that's all from this, 00:33:18.220 --> 00:33:18.399 you know, 00:33:18.419 --> 00:33:18.919 because when, 00:33:19.279 --> 00:33:20.599 after Thomas wasn't there 00:33:20.599 --> 00:33:21.179 for the supper 00:33:21.179 --> 00:33:22.079 the first time 00:33:22.079 --> 00:33:23.119 and when 00:33:23.119 --> 00:33:25.740 all the other disciples 00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:26.039 say, 00:33:26.139 --> 00:33:26.599 hey Thomas, 00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:27.539 Jesus was here 00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:28.200 and Thomas goes, 00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:29.159 I don't believe you. 00:33:29.379 --> 00:33:30.039 Unless I can see 00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:31.579 his hands and his side, 00:33:32.119 --> 00:33:33.700 I'm not going to believe it. 00:33:33.920 --> 00:33:34.859 Look at verse 29 00:33:34.859 --> 00:33:36.399 and Jesus saith unto him, 00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:36.819 Thomas, 00:33:36.980 --> 00:33:38.319 because thou hast seen me, 00:33:38.379 --> 00:33:39.299 thou hast believed. 00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:41.460 But he says, 00:33:41.579 --> 00:33:42.460 blessed are they 00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:43.619 that have not seen 00:33:43.619 --> 00:33:45.960 and yet have believed. 00:33:47.180 --> 00:33:47.859 You know what? 00:33:47.899 --> 00:33:48.740 The reality is 00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:49.779 if you're saved today, 00:33:49.859 --> 00:33:50.519 you're blessed. 00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:52.599 We are blessed 00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:53.259 with what God 00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:54.220 has done for us. 00:33:55.859 --> 00:33:57.059 Jesus tells them 00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:57.539 they'll go 00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:58.700 to preach the truth 00:33:58.700 --> 00:34:00.019 of the resurrected Savior 00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:01.819 the one that is preached 00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:02.579 that lives 00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:03.839 and might be changed, 00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:05.839 will change those 00:34:05.839 --> 00:34:07.240 and change by faith 00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:08.039 in what's happening. 00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:09.360 You know, 00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:11.079 Luke 24 goes on 00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:12.119 and it tells us 00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:12.780 that Jesus 00:34:12.780 --> 00:34:14.340 reveals some more 00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:14.719 to them. 00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:14.920 You know, 00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:16.820 earlier before the cross, 00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:17.460 Jesus says, 00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:18.940 I can't tell you 00:34:18.940 --> 00:34:20.179 everything right now 00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:21.440 because you're not ready 00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:22.300 to hear what I'm going 00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:22.980 to have to tell you, 00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:24.259 but here Jesus tells them, 00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:25.039 look what happened 00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:26.500 in verse 45. 00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:27.820 It says this, 00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:28.780 and then opened he 00:34:28.780 --> 00:34:29.900 their understanding 00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:30.680 that they might 00:34:30.680 --> 00:34:32.560 understand the Scripture. 00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:36.040 And said unto them, 00:34:36.160 --> 00:34:36.960 thus it is written 00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:37.960 and thus it behooved 00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:38.920 Christ to suffer 00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:40.080 and to rise from dead 00:34:40.080 --> 00:34:40.840 the third day 00:34:40.840 --> 00:34:42.480 and that repentance 00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:43.780 and remissions of sin 00:34:43.780 --> 00:34:44.500 should be preached 00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:45.140 in his name 00:34:45.140 --> 00:34:46.340 among all nations 00:34:46.340 --> 00:34:48.140 beginning at Jerusalem. 00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:49.040 And he says, 00:34:49.120 --> 00:34:49.740 and ye are what? 00:34:50.120 --> 00:34:50.680 Witnesses 00:34:50.680 --> 00:34:52.660 of these things. 00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:54.180 He says you give a witness 00:34:54.180 --> 00:34:55.580 because of what happened. 00:34:55.579 --> 00:34:57.279 You know, 00:34:57.299 --> 00:34:57.920 the same thing 00:34:57.920 --> 00:34:58.659 is when we share 00:34:58.659 --> 00:35:00.079 the truth of the gospel 00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:00.619 with somebody, 00:35:00.719 --> 00:35:01.679 you're just being a witness 00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:02.360 to what should have 00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:03.159 happened to you. 00:35:04.239 --> 00:35:05.699 Of what took place. 00:35:07.319 --> 00:35:09.279 Because the resurrected Savior 00:35:09.279 --> 00:35:11.539 changes forever 00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:14.759 everything around it. 00:35:16.159 --> 00:35:17.639 You cannot know him 00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:19.199 and the power of his resurrection 00:35:19.199 --> 00:35:20.840 and remain as you are. 00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:23.280 You know, 00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:23.800 this morning 00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:25.059 the reality is this, 00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:26.360 if you've never been saved, 00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:28.559 you need to get saved today. 00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:31.780 You need to have that settled 00:35:31.780 --> 00:35:32.900 in your heart, 00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:34.260 not in a hope so, 00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:35.320 but I know so, 00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:36.640 not because of what 00:35:36.640 --> 00:35:37.340 I have done, 00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:38.760 I know because he said, 00:35:38.920 --> 00:35:40.000 if I do this, 00:35:40.220 --> 00:35:41.360 he will save. 00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:44.940 It's not about us, 00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:45.840 it's about trusting 00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:46.860 in what he did, 00:35:47.100 --> 00:35:48.100 what he declared. 00:35:48.640 --> 00:35:48.960 He said, 00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:49.840 I am the way, 00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:50.400 the truth, 00:35:50.460 --> 00:35:51.000 and the life, 00:35:51.059 --> 00:35:52.039 and no man cometh 00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:52.699 unto the Father 00:35:52.699 --> 00:35:53.500 but by me. 00:35:55.119 --> 00:35:55.920 It has to be 00:35:55.920 --> 00:35:56.980 a settled thing. 00:35:57.639 --> 00:35:57.820 You know, 00:35:57.860 --> 00:35:59.059 we ought not to delay 00:35:59.059 --> 00:36:01.860 and waiting for a better time 00:36:01.860 --> 00:36:03.059 and stop putting off 00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:04.119 what you know 00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:05.139 you need to do, 00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:05.699 you know, 00:36:05.760 --> 00:36:07.099 and just come to Jesus. 00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:08.920 Call upon him. 00:36:09.220 --> 00:36:09.420 You know, 00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:10.400 the reality is 00:36:10.400 --> 00:36:11.099 is today's 00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:12.320 the day of salvation. 00:36:12.780 --> 00:36:13.079 But you know, 00:36:13.099 --> 00:36:13.420 the other thing 00:36:13.420 --> 00:36:14.300 we learn from this 00:36:14.300 --> 00:36:15.360 is that if you've been saved, 00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:16.440 you need to live like it. 00:36:16.579 --> 00:36:17.679 That means being holy, 00:36:17.820 --> 00:36:18.559 being faithful, 00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:20.299 it means being in your place, 00:36:20.799 --> 00:36:22.340 it means living for the Lord, 00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:24.179 it means getting before him 00:36:24.179 --> 00:36:24.880 to thank him 00:36:24.880 --> 00:36:25.619 and praise him 00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:26.480 for what he's done 00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:27.179 in your life. 00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:27.659 You know, 00:36:27.699 --> 00:36:28.500 this morning we have 00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:29.219 the reality 00:36:29.219 --> 00:36:32.059 of the resurrection. 00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:34.840 The reality of what 00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:35.840 Christ has done. 00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:38.480 No matter where you are, 00:36:39.380 --> 00:36:40.219 the resurrection 00:36:40.219 --> 00:36:41.539 of a living Savior 00:36:41.539 --> 00:36:42.519 has been revealed 00:36:42.519 --> 00:36:44.559 to us. 00:36:46.239 --> 00:36:47.239 The question is, 00:36:47.500 --> 00:36:48.480 what are you going to do with it? 00:36:48.559 --> 00:36:49.360 It was revealed 00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:50.699 to all these today. 00:36:52.219 --> 00:36:53.519 And they had to make a decision, 00:36:53.679 --> 00:36:54.679 what am I going to do with it? 00:36:54.840 --> 00:36:55.619 What have you done 00:36:55.619 --> 00:36:57.440 with the Savior? 00:36:58.880 --> 00:36:59.579 His heads are bowed 00:36:59.579 --> 00:37:00.279 and eyes are closed 00:37:00.279 --> 00:37:00.779 this morning. 00:37:01.880 --> 00:37:03.099 What about you today? 00:37:03.340 --> 00:37:04.139 Are you here today 00:37:04.139 --> 00:37:05.679 and know 100% for sure 00:37:05.679 --> 00:37:06.759 that you're saved 00:37:06.759 --> 00:37:07.579 of where you stand 00:37:07.579 --> 00:37:08.179 with the Lord? 00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:08.980 If not, 00:37:09.059 --> 00:37:09.779 why not today? 00:37:10.079 --> 00:37:11.440 Get that settled with him. 00:37:11.699 --> 00:37:12.420 If you want, 00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:13.559 you can come 00:37:13.559 --> 00:37:13.940 while somebody 00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:15.360 show you from God's word. 00:37:15.360 --> 00:37:18.079 not what the preacher says, 00:37:18.160 --> 00:37:19.420 not what somebody else says, 00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:21.519 not what some influencer says, 00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:22.800 but what God says 00:37:22.800 --> 00:37:25.680 in regard to your salvation. 00:37:27.519 --> 00:37:28.539 But maybe you're here today 00:37:28.539 --> 00:37:28.820 and say, 00:37:28.900 --> 00:37:29.099 Lord, 00:37:29.160 --> 00:37:30.099 I need to start living 00:37:30.099 --> 00:37:30.760 in light 00:37:30.760 --> 00:37:32.980 of the resurrection. 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:35.340 Heavenly Fathers, 00:37:35.420 --> 00:37:36.360 we just come before you 00:37:36.360 --> 00:37:36.820 this morning. 00:37:36.920 --> 00:37:37.059 Lord, 00:37:37.099 --> 00:37:37.840 we just thank you 00:37:37.840 --> 00:37:38.400 and praise you 00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:38.980 for the day. 00:37:38.980 --> 00:37:40.840 thank you for, 00:37:41.760 --> 00:37:42.760 that we don't worship 00:37:42.760 --> 00:37:44.059 and go to a tomb 00:37:44.059 --> 00:37:46.400 and try to honor you there, 00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:46.619 Lord, 00:37:46.659 --> 00:37:47.820 but we can honor you here 00:37:47.820 --> 00:37:48.860 because you're alive. 00:37:49.139 --> 00:37:49.300 Lord, 00:37:49.340 --> 00:37:49.800 you say you're never 00:37:49.800 --> 00:37:50.460 going to leave us 00:37:50.460 --> 00:37:51.280 or forsake us 00:37:51.280 --> 00:37:52.579 and you're here today 00:37:52.579 --> 00:37:53.179 with us. 00:37:54.159 --> 00:37:55.480 Your spirit is here 00:37:55.480 --> 00:37:57.300 moving amongst your people, 00:37:57.440 --> 00:37:58.539 moving amongst those 00:37:58.539 --> 00:38:00.780 that need to respond to you. 00:38:02.440 --> 00:38:02.880 Lord, 00:38:02.900 --> 00:38:03.940 I pray just have your hand 00:38:03.940 --> 00:38:04.740 upon each one. 00:38:05.760 --> 00:38:06.179 Lord, 00:38:06.260 --> 00:38:06.920 you know each one 00:38:06.920 --> 00:38:08.019 here today. 00:38:09.900 --> 00:38:10.300 Lord, 00:38:10.360 --> 00:38:10.820 I just pray that you 00:38:10.820 --> 00:38:12.099 just work in a mighty way 00:38:12.099 --> 00:38:13.820 and we just give you 00:38:13.820 --> 00:38:14.579 all the praise 00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:15.460 and glory and honor 00:38:15.460 --> 00:38:17.760 in Jesus' name. 00:38:18.980 --> 00:38:19.920 As the piano plays, 00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:20.679 what about you?